Chapter 86: Roselle Memorial Exhibition
"The Forsaken Land of the Gods?" Mr. Fool can actually bring people from there to attend the gathering? Is this a joke?
Fors's gaze became even more bewildered. She looked around and noticed that no one else seemed to be contradicting Alice's statement. Considering Derrick's question, she realized there was a high probability that Alice was telling the truth.
This secret gathering is even more extraordinary than I imagined... Mr. Fool is even more impressive than I thought, Fors mused silently to herself.
Audrey observed Fors's expression and felt a secret pride, but quickly reminded herself: Audrey, no, you can't show off. Your identity would be exposed... Hmm, if it were Miss "Fate," she would probably blurt it out right now.
Unaware of Audrey's thoughts, Alice met her gaze blankly and blinked twice.
After "The Hanged Man" and "The World" agreed to "The Sun" Derrick's request, the exchange officially began. They wrote down similar information on paper and handed it to Derrick, who read through it and began answering questions one by one.
Klein, who had been pleased about receiving four rewards, was struck by the first payment.
"I suddenly remembered that I still owe you a reward, Mr. 'Sun,'" the honest Audrey said with an apologetic smile.
The second to ask a question was Alice. After pondering for a moment, she asked, "Besides what you told me last time, what other characteristics do 'demons' have?" She paused, then added, "I mean common traits shared by all demons."
Derrick organized his thoughts before responding:
"They all possess the ability to enlarge their bodies, breaking free from constraints and temporarily boosting their strength and speed. Their skin has mutated, essentially becoming a layer of hard armor. Their blood and flesh can also impede objects, reducing damage. They are immune to most toxins and unafraid of curses and flames to a certain degree. They have innate fire and corruption-type spells. They are cold-blooded, unafraid, and fearless, with strong hand-to-hand combat abilities and skilled at using various objects to cause harm.
"Their biggest weakness is that they are prone to losing control. Even if they don't, they often exhibit cold-blooded and cruel madness, easily controlled by bloodlust and the desire to kill."
"Very powerful," Alice remarked, "I'm satisfied with this information."
The third to ask a question was Alger. He seemed to have been deliberating for a long time and looked at Derrick before asking solemnly, "I want to know about the creation myth of the Silver City."
This was a familiar area of expertise for Derrick, and he quickly provided an answer:
"The omniscient and omnipotent God created everything, then entered into slumber.
"The Giant King Aumir, the ' Dragon of Imagination Ankewelt , the Elf King Soniathrym , the Vampire Queen Lilith, the Demon King Farbauti, the Phoenix Progenitor Gregori, the Primordial Drake Kwasitroun, and the King of Wolves Fenrir divided the authority left by the Lord. They became the gods ruling over sky, earth, and sea; reality, spirit world, and astral world; and various races. They were the true gods, the ancient gods.
"Some perished in their battles with each other, while others had their authority stripped away when the Creator of all things, the omniscient and omnipotent God, awakened.
"The first part is the creation myth, while the latter is the true history experienced by the Silver City."
Then, the eavesdropping Mr. Fool, controlling "The World," asked: "Tell me everything about Fenrir, the King of Wolves."
Derrick looked at "The World" in surprise at this question and frowned, saying, "I don't know much about this ancient god, only that He is also called the 'Wolf of Destruction' and the 'Wolf of the Night.'"
"Is there nothing else?" Klein pondered for a moment before making "The World" inquire.
Following Derrick's suggestion, "The World" changed the question and obtained a clue that Miss Sharon might belong to the "Prisoner" pathway and was a defector from the Rose School.
After everyone exchanged some more information, Mr. Fool, whose spirituality was running low, hastily ended the gathering.
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Tuesday morning, West District, 2 King's Road, Kingdom Museum.
"Isn't today a workday?" Alice pouted, looking at the long queue ahead. Holding her ticket, she reluctantly took her place at the end of the line.
At 9 o'clock sharp, the museum officially opened. Alice shuffled in with the long queue.
One by one, tour guides came forward, each taking a column of the queue. The long line was quickly dispersed.
Alice, along with about twenty others, followed one of the guides, listening to him introduce the life of Emperor Roselle.
This feeling of being in a history class soon made Alice feel the urge to yawn.
She wasn't really tired; she just felt like yawning as she listened...
When the group reached one of the exhibition halls, the guide's tone suddenly became excited:
"Ladies and gentlemen, these are Emperor Roselle's daily life items.
"Look, that's his velvet blanket, and that's his gold-rimmed glass vessel for drinking wine.
"That's the flush toilet he used, the first modern flush toilet."
Alice looked at the flush toilet in the display case, her mouth twitching for a moment. She suddenly began to feel fortunate for Emperor Roselle that there were no smartphones in this era, and that no one could understand Chinese.
After all, given how Emperor Roselle died, he probably didn't have time to format his phone before his death...
However... Alice looked at the gold-plated toilet and began to consider the effect of such an item in a modern bathroom.
...No, it's too strange!
Alice's gaze moved away from this exhibit, intending to see what else was in this hall.
Next to the flush toilet display case was a case showcasing Roselle's daily attire. The guide began to introduce the clothing culture of Intis here.
Alice glanced at the clothes, then at the flush toilet, feeling that this layout was somewhat odd.
...No, the fact that a flush toilet is being exhibited is strange in itself!
After the "Daily Use Exhibition Hall" came the original manuscripts of important documents issued by Roselle, including valuable historical artifacts like the "Civil Code."
At this point, the guide pointed to a display case and said:
"This is one of the notebooks left by Emperor Roselle. It uses mysterious symbols he created that have not been deciphered to this day. Many historians and archaeologists believe that these notebooks record Emperor Roselle's most unknown secrets.
"Some speculate that these might be symbols agreed upon between Emperor Roselle and the woman he loved most, where they recorded things about each other, yet could never truly be together."
Alice looked at the open notebook in the display case, filled with the familiar Chinese characters. Reading the opening passage, Alice felt she had gained a whole new understanding of romance.
"March 6th, damn it, the food here is making me constipated!"
Indeed, very romantic... romantic constipation... But Roselle's handwriting is really ugly... Alice shook her head, silently lamenting as she saw Roselle's handwritten Chinese characters for the first time.
Ah, if only I could steal that diary... Even just to flip through it would be great!
Alice looked longingly at the diary in the display case, then at the security personnel around, regretfully abandoning the idea.